and how they've been affected by the presidential election. and "superstorm sandy." on wall street. the dow lost 50-points the nasdaq dropped two. and the s-and-p-500 lost four points. dropping off from the five-year high it reached on friday. >> pam: ten of america's biggest banks have agreed to an 8-point-5 billion dollar settlement over alleged foreclosure abuses. the deal was brokered by the federal reserve and the office of the comptroller of the currency. the banks. incluiding bank of america. citi bank. wells fargo. and others. will have to pay more than 3-billion dollars in direct payments to mortgage borrowers who were foreclosed on in 2009 and 2010. they've also agreed to pay more than 5-billion dollars in assistance to those borrowers. in a separate settlement deal.bank of america has agreed to pay more than 10 billion dollars to fannie claims resulting from the housing meltdown. bank of america will pay more than three billion dollars in cash to fannie mae and also repurchase more than six billion dollars in questionable loans. the bad loans lead to massive losses for fa